Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Kay County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Blackwell Daily Journal (Blackwell, Okla.)1933-1940
- Blackwell Daily Journal and Tribune (Blackwell, Okla.)1940-1941
- Blackwell Daily News (Blackwell, Okla.)1899-1921
- Blackwell Daily World (Blackwell, Okla.)1915-1919
- Blackwell Eagle (Blackwell Rock, O.T. [Okla.])1893-1894
- Blackwell Journal-Tribune (Blackwell, Okla.)1940-Current
- Blackwell Journal-Tribune (Blackwell, Okla.)1942-Current
- Blackwell Lion (Blackwell, O.T. [Okla.])1894-1894
- Blackwell Morning News (Blackwell, Kay County, Okla.)1922-192?
- Blackwell Morning Tribune (Blackwell, Okla.)1924-1940
- Blackwell Record (Blackwell Rock, Okla.)1893-1894
- Blackwell Rock Record (Blackwell Rock, Okla.)1893-1893
- Blackwell Times-Record (Blackwell, Kay County, Okla.)1923-1924
- Cherokee Strip Guide (Arkansas City, Kan.)1893-1894
- Dilworth New Era (Dilworth, Kay County, Okla.)1916-19??
- K County Democrat (Blackwell, O.T. [Okla.])1894-189?
- Kaw City Democrat (Kaw City, Kay County, Okla.)1912-1917
- Kildare Journal (Kildare, County "K," Okla. Ty. [Okla.])1894-1898
- Nardin Independent (Nardin, Kay County, Okla.)1912-1923
- Newkirk and K County Republican (Newkirk, K County, O.T. [Okla.])1894-1894
- Newkirk and Kay County Republican (Newkirk, Kay County, O.T. [Okla.])1894-1899
- Newkirk Populist (Newkirk, Oklahoma Territory, Okla.)1894-189?
- Newkirk Republican (Newkirk, K County, O.T. [Okla.])1893-1894
- Oklahoma Daily Socialist (Newkirk, Okla.)1903-19??
- Oklahoma State Guide (Cross, Okla.)1894-????
- Peckham Derrick (Peckham, Okla.)1915-191?
- Ponca City Democrat (Ponca City, Kay County, Okla.)1895-1905
- Ponca City Democrat (Ponca City, Okla.)1912-191?
- Ponca City Democrat and Ponca City Times (Ponca City, Kay County, Okla.)1905-190?
- Ponca City Democrat and the Bliss Breeze (Ponca City, Kay County, Okla.)1908-1909
- Review-Democrat (Kaw City, Kay County, Okla.)1917-19??
- Salt Fork Valley News (Tonkawa, Okla.)1898-1901
- The Blackwell Observer (Blackwell, Okla.)1925-192?
- The Blackwell Sun (Blackwell, Kay County, O.T. [Okla.])1901-1910
- The Blackwell Times (Blackwell Rock, County K., O.T. [Okla.])1893-1894
- The Blackwell Weekly Sun (Blackwell, Kay County, Okla.)1910-1924
- The Braman Leader (Braman, Kay County, Okla.)1902-1942
- The Braman Star (Braman, Okla.)1899-1904
- The Cross Resident (Cross, O.T. [Okla.])1893-1895
- The Kaw City News (Kaw City, Okla.)1924-198?
- The Kaw City Tribune (Kaw City, Kay County, Okla.)1910-191?
- The Kay County Sun (Blackwell, Oklahoma Territory [Okla.])1897-1901
- The Leader (Peckham, Kay County, Oklahoma Territory [Okla.])1902-190?
- The Nardin Star (Nardin, Kay County, Okla.)1898-1911
- The Nardin Star (Nardin, Kay County, Okla.)1923-1925
- The Newkirk Daily Eagle (Newkirk, Kay County, Okla.)1916-192?
- The Newkirk Daily Reporter (Newkirk, Okla.)1917-1942
- The Newkirk Democrat (Newkirk, County K, Okla.)1893-1901
- The Newkirk Herald Journal (Newkirk, Okla.)1928-Current
- The Newkirk Reporter (Newkirk, Okla.)1942-19??
- The Newkirk Times (Newkirk, County Seat of K County, O.T. [Okla.])1893-189?
- The Parker Independent (Parker, K County, O.T. [Okla.])1894-189?
- The Ponca City Courier (Ponca City, Okla.)1893-1923
- The Ponca City Daily Courier (Ponca City, Okla.)1897-19??
- The Ponca City Daily News and the Daily Democrat and Daily Courier (Ponca City, Okla.)1918-1919
- The Ponca City News (Poncha City, Ok)1919-Current
- The Ponca Democrat (Ponca City, Okla.)1893-1895
- The Ponca Tomahawk (Ponca, K County, O.T. [Okla.])1895-1895
- The Republican News Journal (Newkirk, Okla.)1899-1928
- The Sooner (Kildare, Okla.)1893-189?
- The Times-Record (Blackwell, County K., O.T. [Okla.])1894-1923
- The Tonkawa Enterprise (Tonkawa, Kay County, Okla.)1904-1905
- The Tonkawa News (Ponca City, Oklahoma)1901-Current
- The Tonkawa Register (Tonkawa, Oklahoma Territory [Okla.])1895-1896
- The Tonkawa Weekly (Tonkawa, Oklahoma Territory [Okla.])1895-1895
- Tonkawa Chieftain (Tonkawa, Okla.)1905-1916
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected newspaper titles cataloged by the Library of Congress with explicit county geography. Priority is given to titles beginning by 1950; up to five later titles are included where no earlier dated title is listed for that county. Dates describe publication history, not the issues available at a library. Multiple format records with the same title, place and dates are grouped. The catalog may describe paper, microfilm or online resources. Open ends and the word Current reflect the catalog description; confirm present availability and exact holdings with the libraries listed on the linked record.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Kay County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county clerk, the court clerk and the Oklahoma Historical Society, and any online record search the county offers.
- The county clerk
Deeds and other land records.
- The court clerk
Marriage licenses, probate (wills and estates), divorces and court cases.
- The Oklahoma Historical Society
In Oklahoma City: Native American records, including Dawes Commission records, and county records and newspapers.
- Oklahoma Historical Society Research Centerfree
The state historical society's research center in Oklahoma City: Native American records, county records and newspapers.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Oklahoma, Kay" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1893, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Before statehood in 1907, Oklahoma was two territories: Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory. For Native American ancestors, the Dawes rolls and enrollment cards at the National Archives and the Oklahoma Historical Society are key.